The Labour Department conducted an operation at a restaurant in Kampong Sungai Tilong recently and found nine violations of the Employment Order, 2009, including failure to pay staff for overtime and the deduction of wages.
Other offences included failure to grant staff days off, making staff work beyond the prescribed number of working hours, failure to grant leave on a gazetted public holiday, failure to grant annual leave and failure to grant sick leave.
If found guilty, the employer could face up to BND1,000 fine for each offence.
The Labour Department also reminded employers to monitor their employees’ welfare as required by the order.
More information can be obtained by contacting the agency at 2381848 (during working hours) or 7298989 (outside working hours). – Azlan Othman
